Do risk lovers invest in self-protection?

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2013
Volume: 121
Issue: 2
Pages: 290-293

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Abstract

We show that there is a class of risk lovers who optimally choose a positive level of self-protection investment. In most cases, a risk lover increases his self-protection investment as he becomes less downside risk averse.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:121:y:2013:i:2:p:290-293
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-25